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SUMMARY:May 8
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nThe blunders are all there on the board\, waiting to be made.- Savielly Tartakower\n\nBIRTHS \nJuan Manuel  Bellon Lopez\, (1950)\, a Spanish grandmaster and coach who was 5 times Spanish Champion\nTatania Rubtsova(1962)\, a Russian Woman Grandmaster\nAlexander Fishbein (1968)\, a U.S. Grandmaster who is working in Finance Industry.\nZhaoqin Peng (1968)\, a Dutch Grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster born in China who was a multiple Chinese and Dutch Women’s Champion.\nMiroslav Markovic (1973)\, a Serbian Grandmaster who was Serbian Champion in 2016.\nAleksandr Shimanov (1992)\, a Russian Grandmaster and Russian U20 Champion in 2012 who qualified for the Wolrd Cup in 2013.\nLevon Babujian (1986)\, an Armenian Grandmaster. \nDEATH \nAndor Lilienthal (1911-2010)\, Soviet-Hungarian Grandmaster who beat 9 World Champions. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1958 Mikhail Botvinnik wins the return World Championship Match by beating V. Smyslov 12.5-10.5\, once more he is crowned World Champion. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1886 Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named “Coca-Cola” as a patent medicine.\n1902 In Martinique\, Mount Pelée erupts\, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30\,000 people.\n1912 Paramount Pictures is founded.\n1945 World War II: V-E Day\, combat ends in Europe. German forces agree in Reims\, France\, to an unconditional surrender.\n1945 – End of the Prague uprising\, celebrated now as a national holiday in the Czech Republic.\n1888 George Eastman patented his Kodak box camera.\n1945 Germany surrendered and Victory in Europe was achieved by the allies. Marshal Wilhelm Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov.\n1970 The Beatles released their “Let it Be” album.\n1979 Radio Shack released TRSDOS 2.3.\n2012 Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi received her first passport in 24 years ahead of a planned trip to Norway and Britain.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Timeline) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Nabokov Memorial-A 11th"]\n[Site "Kiev"]\n[Date "2013.05.09"]\n[Round "3"]\n[White "Pavlov\, Sergey"]\n[Black "Simonian\, Tigran"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "E14"]\n[WhiteElo "2483"]\n[BlackElo "2416"]\n[PlyCount "57"]\n[EventDate "2013.05.07"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "9"]\n[EventCountry "UKR"]\n[EventCategory "9"]\n\n1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3\nBe7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Bc4 Nd5 15.\nNexf7 Rxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qb3 N7f6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rd8\n21. Rd3 b5 22. Bxb5 Qg4 23. Bc4 Qxg5 24. Qxb7+ Kf8 25. Rfd1 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qh5\n27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Rxd5 1-0\n				\n			You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.		\n	\n	\n	\n		jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n						$.chessgame.navigationButtonClass  = 'rpbchessboard-jQuery-enableSmoothness';\n			$.chessgame.navigationFrameClass   = 'wp-dialog';\n			$.chessgame.navigationFrameOptions = {"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true};\n			var selector = '#' + "rpbchessboard-69d2974497d1f-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Nabokov Memorial-A 11th\"]\r\n[Site \"Kiev\"]\r\n[Date \"2013.05.09\"]\r\n[Round \"3\"]\r\n[White \"Pavlov\, Sergey\"]\r\n[Black \"Simonian\, Tigran\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"E14\"]\r\n[WhiteElo \"2483\"]\r\n[BlackElo \"2416\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"57\"]\r\n[EventDate \"2013.05.07\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"9\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"UKR\"]\r\n[EventCategory \"9\"]\r\n\r\n1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3\r\nBe7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Bc4 Nd5 15.\r\nNexf7 Rxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qb3 N7f6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Rad1 Rd8\r\n21. Rd3 b5 22. Bxb5 Qg4 23. Bc4 Qxg5 24. Qxb7+ Kf8 25. Rfd1 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qh5\r\n27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Rxd5 1-0"\,"pieceSymbols":"native"\,"navigationBoard":"above"\,"showFlipButton":true\,"showDownloadButton":true\,"navigationBoardOptions":{"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true}\,"diagramOptions":{"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true}});\n		});\n	\n\n\n \n\n  \n
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